Roofing-shingle.



H. M. REYNOLDS.

ROOPING SHINGLB,

APPIrIGATION FILED APB.. 1, 1914.

' 1,1 15,866. Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

H. M. REYNOLDS.

BOOFING SHINGLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1914.

1,'1 15,866, Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY M. REYNOLDS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

ROOFING-SHINGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Application led April 1, 1914. Serial N o. 828,704.

description of the invention, such as willv enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in i roofing shingles, and moreparticularly to shingles made of a fabric composed mainly of felt andasphalt. Heretofore such shingles have been made in the form of arectangular parallelogram and laid in substantially the same manner asthe ordinary wooden shingles, that is, -side by side with the lowerportion of each shingle exposed to the weather and with nothing to holdthem down in place at the lower end, being secured only by fastenings,such as nails, driven through the same beneath the next course above.Shingles so laid must necessarily be quite rigid in order to stay inplace, the action of the weather and Wind having a -tendency to raisetheir lower corners which are held only by the rigidity of the shingleitself, consequently shingles of this kind are required to be made ofconsiderable thickness and rigidity and contain more material than wouldotherwise be necessary to avoid this tendency. l

The object of my invention is to provide such shingles with certainnovel features and particularly with means whereby the lower edges orlower ends of the shingles will be securely held down.

My invention comprises shingles of substantially rectangular formprovided with recesses or indentations in their sides near their loweredges, whereby when these shingles are laid the edge of each adjacentshingle is inserted in said notch or` recess and the lower corner of theshingle having this recess extends beneath the adjacent shingle. Thissecures the lower corners of each shingle in place and adequatelyprevents the same from warping up or being loosened by the wind andweather at the lower edge.

An embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the drawingsherewith,'in which Figure l is a plan view of a. number of shinglesembodying my inventlon as they appear when laid upon a roof; Fig. 2 1san `cent shingle the same as enlarged. perspective of a portion of thesame, Fig. 3 is a diagram or plan view showing the manner of makingthese shingles from a continuous strip of material by severing the sameat regular intervals; Fig. 4 the same, showing a modification of theform; and Fig. 5 a still further modification of the form, in each ofwhich forms is shown an embodiment of myv invention.

Referring again to Figs. l, 2, and 3; l represents the body portion ofthe shingle which is substantially in the form of a rectangularparallelogram, except as modified `at each end by forming therein nearthe lower corners 4 thereof recesses 2, preferably V-shaped forconvenience, into which recess the corresponding adjacent edge of thenext shingle in the series is inserted.

It will be noted that each series of shingles that are interlocked arenot in horizontal lines, but run in diagonal lines, the edge of oneshingle near the middle being inserted in the margin recess of the nextadjacent shingle and covering the lower corner 4 of the same below thesaid recess and extending said adjacent shingle above the recesstherein. The portion cut out to form each recess is left attached to thenext vshingle cut from the strip, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and thisspur 3 when the shingles are laid, extends under the adjacent shinglesand is covered thereby, thus increasing the amount of overlap andfurther securing the shingles in place. .It will also be noted that asthe lower corners 4 of all of the shingles are covered, they can benailed down without exposing the nails.

Obviously these shingles when so constructed-can be made of quite thinmaterial and at the same time will be securely held in place and cannotbecome loosened at the lower edge, and can also be made from acontinuous strip of material having a width equal to the transversedimension of the body of the shingle without waste of material.

In Fig. 4 the corresponding parts 1, 2, and 3 are marked la, 2, and 3,and these shingles are laid substantially in the manner described, theedge of one shingle being inserted in the recess of the adjacentlshingle nar the middle, the lower corners 4a being covered and held downby the adjathe corners 4.

Fig. 5 illustrates another modification, whereby the corresponding partsl, 2, 3,

' sides near the lower en'd thereof and laid with the lower cornersextending beneath adjacent shingles and the side edges inserted in therecesses of the same, whereby the lower corners of the shingles arecovered by the adjacent shingles.

LL. Shingles having marginal recesses near their lower edges and spurssubstantially the same form as the recesses near their upper edges, saidshingles being adapted to be laid 1n overlapping relation at their Jmargins.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY M. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

HAROLD O. VAN ANTWERP, LUTHER V. MomJroN.

